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MS Clarifies Final Fantasy XIII Asia Announcement

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Yesterday Kotaku brought word that Taiwanese game site GNN Gamer was reporting that Xbox Taiwan head Grace Chou had confirmed the Asia release (Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong) of Final Fantasy XIII. Today, Microsoft Taiwan issued a statement clarifying this, stating: "The announcement of the release of Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 at this year's E3 is at the moment still at the planning stage. We don't have any further information regarding the releasing date or the possibility of localization."

Sounds like it was a little too early for Chou to apparently go around and mention the Asia release. Stay tuned for the possible "official" Asia version announcement and consider the Xbox 360 version only North America and Europe for now!
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jamilion - 507 days 20 hours ago
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what ever this article may be saying, all i know is Microsoft aint clarifying anything for me. Until i hear it from square enix what was said before should still stand true!
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RememberThe357 - 507 days 18 hours ago
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1.1 - Dude i completely agree
MS doesn't have sh*t to do with this game. This Squares game, not theirs. Like you, I'll wait to hear from Square on this sh*t. lol Why the hell are they even commenting on this they're not publishing it, so what the hell?
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TOSgamer - 507 days 18 hours ago
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1.2 - They are probably still in negotiations.
I can just see a bunch of SE reps on one side with a "Risk" type world map and a price attached to each region. MS reps on the other side putting down pieces for the regions they are willing to pay for. haha
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Kleptic - 507 days 2 hours ago
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good comment...MS is using FF related PR just for hysteria...the shine of the announcement quickly fell when SE clarified that the game was not even in development yet, and that a simultaneous release of the 360/PS3 version even in the US and Europe was probably unlikely...let alone that the 360 would even get the game before 2010...

that is some pretty useful information that MS just kind of left out at E3...
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ZeroBlitz - 506 days 23 hours ago
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Edit: clicked the wrong Reply button.
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deeznuts - 507 days 17 hours ago
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Don't worry. Just like John Carmack, S-E is working with MS on royalties for the discs involved. And getting the art approved. Look here:


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Masko - 507 days 9 hours ago
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no matter how many discs, its still coming for the 360 ^_^. i hope it will be as good as ff7.

oh and its still coming to the 360 lol
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deeznuts - 507 days 7 hours ago
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Yeah doesn't bother me, I have both consoles. Kinda pissed that it might delay the PS3 version, but oh well.
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Montrealien - 507 days 4 hours ago
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lol, deeznuts, that`s pretty funny.

I`m getting it for the PS3 myself but at least people that don`t have a PS3 will be able to enjoy this great game, even if it is a on as many discs as FF7 was on the PS1. I don`t think it`s as big a deal as people make it out to be.
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ZeroBlitz - 506 days 23 hours ago
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I think the point people are trying to make is that Lost Odyssey was 4 discs. FFXIII is expected to be bigger game than LO, so a 360 version is presumed to be 5 or 6. Far more than FF7's 3 discs.
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harry190 - 507 days 19 hours ago
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3 - XBox 360 exists
in Taiwan? Does it even sell there? I really don't know.

I expect Asian products to fare better in this market.
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Rybnik - 507 days 18 hours ago
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OOoo!!
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@ turbo: that's LOLS-worthy
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mistertwoturbo - 507 days 18 hours ago
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Who knows, there might just be a bootleg version called the Ybox180 for all we know.

Edit: lol yeah, they have a "Vii" there which is a straight no holds bar rip-off of the Wii. So I have no doubt in my mind they have bootleg versions of the Xbox somewhere in there. Although I know Taiwan is completely different from China, I'm just joking here. =)
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Rybnik - 507 days 18 hours ago
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Yeah, I remember hearing the story about the Vii.
Maybe they will come up with a BS2.5 too!

Joking, y'all know I like PS3 :)
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el_bandito - 507 days 17 hours ago
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It somehow exists. In this part of the world, piracy is so rampant especially in the less-endowed Asian countries. Set aside the RROD's, they somehow love the 360 because they could mod it to play pirated games. They could get a PS3 but since it hasn't been cracked to play pirated games, cheapskates would get a 360.
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Rybnik - 507 days 17 hours ago
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Good point...As soon as the PS3 is cracked though, all bets are off.
It would be kind of funny if there were "fake fanboy wars" between each of the 3 pirate ready fake consoles.
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AAACE5 - 507 days 17 hours ago
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Don't think that asians are so loyal to asian products. Keep in mind that they buy alot of McDonalds like we do here, and they are now fat bowling balls rolling down the streets as well! It took KIA a little while to get respect in the US, but now you see them everywhere!

The lesson here is... Don't underestimate cheap!

The fat joke was not meant to be offensive, but to make people self aware of situations that are overlooked.
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Critical_Hit - 507 days 18 hours ago
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4 - Just a thought...
Microsoft! At least give Square Enix some dev kits before you prematurely start announcing releases for the game!
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Rybnik - 507 days 18 hours ago
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So TRUE!! WTF??!

edit: here, *bubbles*
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foodbox - 507 days 3 hours ago
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Hey Toolbox, clearly Square has Xbox 360 Dev Kits.

Have you never heard of Infinite Undiscovery? The Last Remnant?

The White Engine is designed to be cross-platform from the ground-up. Dont be such an idiot.

Clearly SE either A) has the kits or B) doesnt *need* them yet.

There is no issue about them "not being supplied", how easy is it to email some software?

Sheesh, take your stupidity to the open zone please ->
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Critical_Hit - 507 days 2 hours ago
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4.3 - @foodbox
"Square Enix Waiting On Xbox 360 Dev Kits To Start FFXIII Port"

http://www.gamasutra.com/ph...

There you go!

"Have you never heard of Infinite Undiscovery? The Last Remnant?"

-Both games are made by DIFFERENT studios within Square Enix. The studio that is making FFXIII are still waiting for their dev kits.

"The White Engine is designed to be cross-platform from the ground-up. Dont be such an idiot."

-It is called Crystal Tools now and not the White Engine ever since they made the engine cross-platform.
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juuken - 507 days ago
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No, they're actually bragging about it because they *stole* yet another PS3 exclusive.
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slave2Dcontroller - 507 days 18 hours ago
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Critical_Hit made an Excellent oberservation.

You guys can give me bubbles for giving him bubnbles(j/k)
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Silogon - 507 days 16 hours ago
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shame really. When people say Ps3 is being held back by xbox 360 this is the instances they're talking about, yet biased xbox only owners "not myself" like to rebuttle that fact all the time.

Here, they have no legs to stand on. It's pretty obvious who the culprit is and probably has been in terms of Ps3 development. Microsoft isn't winning the console war because of better hardware or software. Not at all. They're winning it by buying their spot. Same as you would buy your way into an expensive resturante to impress a date.

Pretty shameful tactics on Microsofts part, if you ask me, but hey I only have 1 bubble; what could I possibly know??
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PistolPumptMonk - 507 days 9 hours ago
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*gives pity bubble*
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PistolPumptMonk - 507 days 7 hours ago
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lol @ disagrees

;)

lighten up folks
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foodbox - 507 days 3 hours ago
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When people say the PS3 is being held back by the Xbox 360?

Huh? Every cross-platform game to date has been superior on the Xbox 360.

When people say "that", they are fcuking morons and talking out of their anus, much like you are.
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gano - 507 days 14 hours ago
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When it reach asia, it will be pirated to hell and back.
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foodbox - 507 days 3 hours ago
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" The announcement of the release of Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 at this year's E3 is at the moment still at the planning stage."

We are still planning our announcement.

IE: Its going to happen, but we werent ready to announce yet.
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PantherAus - 507 days 2 hours ago
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The thing that sucks is if it does get released in Japan on Xbox360 then it may drammatically reduce PS3 sales due to piracy.

I dont know what the big fuss about final fantasy is anyway, PS3 is my first playstation so i am a bit in the dark. Do you guys reckon a new user like myself could enjoy FFX13? If yes i might pick it up

Contrary to belief i loved MGS4 and never even played the others. Some awsome moments in that game (not to mention a few boring as hell ones)i loved it.
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